diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a592ca025fc46..edf40ac0cd075 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3654,8 +3654,6 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 
 		skb_shinfo(nskb)->tx_flags |= skb_shinfo(head_skb)->tx_flags &
 					      SKBTX_SHARED_FRAG;
-		if (skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, head_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
-			goto err;
 
 		while (pos < offset + len) {
 			if (i >= nfrags) {
@@ -3681,6 +3679,8 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 
 			if (unlikely(skb_orphan_frags(frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC)))
 				goto err;
+			if (skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
+				goto err;
 
 			*nskb_frag = *frag;
 			__skb_frag_ref(nskb_frag);